Italy In A Day

CAST

Alessia Gatti

Valeria Cocco

Michele Rocco

Italy | 2014 | 75 mins

Documentary/Experimental

A touching and emotional coral selfie, telling the best side of Italians.

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DIRECTOR Gabriele Salvatores

Starting out as a theatre director in 1972, Salvatores has written, produced and directed many acclaimed films. His most well-known achievement is winning an Oscar for Mediterraneo in 1992 for Best Foreign Film.

Based on Kevin Macdonald’s concept for “Life in a Day,” Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores has created a touching mosaic of life in Italy during one day; October 26th, 2013.

Italians were asked to record and send in videos via their smartphones or video cameras. The result is a collage of 632 videos selected among the 44,197 sent from all over Italy exposing everyday Italians’ hopes and fears. This experiment portrays Italy through the eyes of Italians, going inside their homes and letting them decide what to show and share. The engaging insights range from the birth of a child to the breathtaking eruption of the Mount Etna volcano all the way to the view of Earth from an Italian Astronaut’s space shuttle.

*NOT SCREENING IN HOBART OR BYRON

Italy in a Day sessions will be preceded by short film E.T.E.R.N.I.T. (2015) dir. Giovanni Aloi.

Ali is a Tunisian worker at a construction site removing asbestos. When he learns that the visas for his wife and daughter are finally ready, to welcome his wife, he will have to make a difficult choice. Venice Film Festival 2014: (Horizons). Screening courtesy of the Italian Short Film Centre.

Winner

Best Song, Best Innovative Budget, FEDIC Award Special Mention and Future Film Festival Digital Award Special Mention - Venice Film Festival 2014